I take more jobs when I nee... by John Sayles, an American Director

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“I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I take fewer when I don't. Or if something really good comes along, I usually find a way to do a good job on it in the time that I've got.”

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Name: John Sayles

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Sep 28, 1950

Profession: Director

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I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I take fewer when I don't. Or if something really good comes along, I usually find a way to do a good job on it in the time that I've got.

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When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories.

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The media in America has become so cowed and compromised.

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In a movie you have all these logistical problems; all these practical problems. But you're also going to have people come who can do things that you can't do, and you get to direct their talents.

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But compared to writing a novel, where you can be God, I did the Bay of Pigs invasion in six pages once, and there were 50,000 guys with boots that I didn't have to pay, and all those extras; we didn't have to pay them.

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